Spanish soccer clubs Real Madrid and Barcelona will meet in a friendly, or exhibition, match July 23 at Allegiant Stadium, but such terminology shouldn’t fool anyone. It’s never entirely affable when the two archrivals meet, and there’s always somethi…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
State cannabis board requires lounges to have a plan for possible DUIs
With consumption lounges expected to open as soon as this year, the Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board is coordinating with licensees to establish a blueprint for best practices.
Golden Knights make qualifying offers to 6 RFAs but will let forward Howden go
The Golden Knights extended a qualifying offer to six of their restricted free agents, but forward Brett Howden was not one of them and he will become an unrestricted free agent when the new league year starts …
Diversity gives UNLV advantages in campus culture, chase for funding
UNLV was named a Hispanic-Serving Institution in 2015. To achieve this designation, a university must be “an eligible institution and (have) an enrollment of undergraduate full-time equivalent students that is at least 25% Hispanic students” at the ti…
Las Vegas, international travelers glad to see each other again
Inside Terminal 3 at Harry Reid International Airport, two young women from England waited to board their flight back to London.
Southern Nevada tourism going ‘gangbusters’ as COVID-19 recovery continues
In today’s topsy-turvy economic climate, nobody knows exactly how healthy Las Vegas’ tourism sector will be next month or next year, but UNLV expert Belarmino might have as good an idea as anyone.
Griner’s name permeates WNBA All-Star Game, Team Wilson wins
Brittney Griner was everywhere Sunday — before, during and after the WNBA All-Star Game. Everywhere except where the league’s best players felt she should be — playing alongside them on the court.
As abortion bans take root, fertility clinics, including in Las Vegas, grow anxious
Abortion laws that pinpoint the beginning of legal “personhood” at conception — a process that fertility doctors, or reproductive endocrinologists, complete outside the body — could have consequences for doctors who initiate, not end pregnancies.
Ground is broken on newest Strip resort: Dream Las Vegas
The north Strip has garnered attention in recent years with developments like Resorts World Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Convention Center expansion. But it was a venture on the south side of the boulevard that had people talking Friday.
Golden Knights don’t get in on flurry of deals in NHL draft
Vegas began the day with no first-round pick in the NHL Draft on Thursday and ended the night that same way. When the second round begins at 8 a.m. on Friday, the Golden Knights will make their first selection at No. 48.